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Syspacephalus cadyi

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Syspacephalus cadyi was named by Shaw (1957). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SA-EC-1, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone/shale in the Parker Slate Formation of Vermont.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. uncus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Syspacephalus cadyi Shaw

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusSyspacephalusPoulson 1927
speciescadyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Syspacephalus cadyi Shaw 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:19:25
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:45:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Caron and Jackson 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Vermont) Syspacephalus sp. A (type locality: 200)